I have watched the movie more than once, I know what I saw.
It is interesting that you want me to disregard the art that I personally consumed and formed a personal judgement on, and instead to “educate myself” meaning go ask the left what opinion that I should have.
Like another famous actor said, “Don’t be afraid to see what you see”.
Rebel Without a Cause makes people laugh and groan, it is more of a beer drinking bad movie that you share with buddies for laughs and wisecracking, than great art.
The 1950s produced some great films, that one isn’t one of them.
RWAC is regarded by film buffs as a masterpiece of American expressionism. It’s studied in film schools. It’s funny only in the sense that anything that isn’t ‘realism’ is funny to people unaware of other ‘-isms’.